“I am more fearful than ever, after this briefing, that we may be putting boots on the ground,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal. Senate Democrats said after receiving a classified briefing from the Trump administration on Tuesday that they’re increasingly concerned about the US-Israeli war on Iran dragging on “forever”—and involving American troops in a ground invasion. […]
“Militarizing our communities against their will is not only un-American but also leads us down a dangerous path for our democracy,” said Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker. While Tennessee elected officials sued over Republican Gov. Bill Lee deploying the National Guard in Memphis at the request of President Donald Trump, the White House on Friday escalated a battle about a […]
“The guardrails are gone,” warned Democratic political strategist David Axelrod Vice President JD Vance sparked alarm on Sunday when he said that President Donald Trump was considering invoking the Insurrection Act under the pretenses of combating violent crime in US cities. During an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” host Kristen Welker asked Vance if Trump was “seriously considering” […]
“Ultimately, this court must conclude that defendants’… perceptions are not reliable,” wrote Judge April Perry A federal judge on Friday night released her full opinion justifying an earlier decision to block President Donald Trump from deploying Texas National Guard troops in Chicago, and she even went so far as to question his administration’s grasp on reality. In her ruling, Judge […]